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Make Transportation Authorities Accountable and Transparent Act
To require the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to conduct an audit on the use of Federal funds by certain entities providing public transportation, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill would require the Department of Transportation Inspector General to audit the five largest public transit agencies (by passenger trips in 2019) to determine how they spent federal funds over the previous five fiscal years. The audit would cover funds provided under general transit law and several coronavirus relief acts, including the CARES Act, the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, and the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021. The audit must identify the amount of funds received under each applicable law and describe how the transit agencies used those funds. The Inspector General would be required to submit a report with the audit results to Congress within 180 days of the bill's enactment. The bill specifies that "specified transit agencies" are the five entities with the most unlinked passenger trips in calendar year 2019 that received federal funding under these laws.
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Actions (3)
- Jan 4, 2025 Referred to the Subcommittee on Highways and Transit. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure. · house
- Jan 3, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 3, 2025
Ms. Malliotakis (for herself and Mr. Gottheimer) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure
A BILL
To require the inspector general of the Department of Transportation to conduct an audit on the use of Federal funds by certain entities providing public transportation, and for other purposes.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Make Transportation Authorities Accountable and Transparent Act”.
SEC. 2. INSPECTOR GENERAL AUDIT ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION CORONAVIRUS RELIEF SPENDING.
(a) Inspector General Audit.—
(1) Audit required.—The inspector general of the Department of Transportation shall conduct an audit of funds provided to each specified transit agency under the applicable laws during the 5 fiscal years ending before the date of enactment of this Act.
(2) Contents of audit.—The audit conducted under paragraph
(1) shall include the amount of funds received under each of the applicable laws and a description of how such funds were spent.
(3) Report to congress.—Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the inspector general shall submit to Congress a report containing the results of the audit.
(b) Definitions.—In this Act:
(1) Applicable laws.—The term “applicable laws” means the following:
(A) Chapter 53 of title 49, United States Code.
(B) The Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020.
(C) The Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act.
(D) The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021.
(E) The American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.
(2) Public transportation.—The term “public transportation” has the meaning given the term in section 5302 of title 49, United States Code.
(3) Specified transit agency.—The term “specified transit agency” means the 5 entities providing public transportation with the most unlinked passenger trips for calendar year 2019, as reported to the National Transit Database, that received Federal funds under any of the applicable laws. <all>
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